Is it possible to mould chrome-tanned leather?

[ScottEnglish]

Thanks for explaining what block out means jcuk. I'll try moulding some of my chrome-tanned leather and see what happens.

Scott

[Hardrada]

Can latigo be wet moulded?

[RockyAussie]

7 hours ago, ScottEnglish said:

Thanks for your post Matt S. At present my only option for moulding leather is water, so in view of what you've said I'll try moulding some of my chrome-tanned leather using hot water.

Use a little dish washing detergent as well as that helps to get the water into the pores/cells. I sometimes leave the leather in for hours and give it another hot water dip before taking it out and further breaking up the grain with my hands sometimes depending on the thickness and the character of the leather. Before putting into mould I squeeze out excess water then press into some paper towel to get rid of any remaining excess of water.

12 hours ago, Danne said:

Do you think that's the reason Hermès used what looks like veg tan in between the gator and Zermatt calf? to keep it's shape better when dried? Btw, your result was really nice, I might need a 3d printer now 

Yes and to my knowledge mostly any leather they use has to be veg tanned including the alligator or croc skins. regarding the 3d printer....I have to say I wish that technology was around when I started my business. There would hardly be a day go by that I am not finding some other thing I can make with it to improve manufacturing times or the quality of products produced. My latest one yesterday was designing a funnel in pla to improve how well my strap folding machine worked as it folds the straps on soft leathers. Took 3 tries but I am happy to say it works real good. (cost in pla+ is less than $1 per piece and I can now just stretch the design for any width strap or thickness in a couple of minutes.

 

With regards to strength of the pla+ used in a shaped product as against wet casting veg I would offer up my latest phone pouch design for you to consider for yourself.

To protect the hardware on the back of this phone pouch I have used another one of the phone pouch shells.

 

[ScottEnglish]

Thanks RockyAussie.

[Matt S]

Brian your posts are a constant inspiration. I've been having good results with my resin printer but the main limiting factor is the small print size. More jigs and guides than shells if you see what I mean. Looks like I'm going to have to buy a filament printer after all!